"I've Got You On My Side" - Written by C.Stewart April 28, 2006
Now that I am able to put audio with my articles I thought now is the time to start putting my songs out there for people to listen to, enjoy and comment on (constructively of course)
Hope you enjoy it. This song is hot off the press :)
Todays topic is song lyric ideas
I touched on it a little bit in my article "possible song titles" however, I am going to expand on the subject.
Writing a song is like fishing. You have to bait the hook to get a bite.
I thought it was about time I put onto paper what I do to get my own songwriting ideas down.
Very soon on this blog I will be putting up songs that I am working on as a podcast but until then.... welcome to my songwriting process.
"Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new" - Og Mandino
I think the above quote sums up what I call the "songwriters attitude". If songwriting is life then to get the best out of our writing we need to develop a certain attitude towards our lives.
Let's explore this further....
13 Years is a long time between drinks
Last week I had the pleasure of working with the Irish music band "Hothouse Flowers" on their Adelaide leg of their Australian tour.
I wanted to share with you some of the lessons that I learnt and some of the knowledge that was re-affirmed just by working with them.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
No, I'm not saying that you should copy someone elses song and then call it your own however, asking yourself "what songs do I like to hear?" and studying those songs to define what unique voice you have is a great start.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
This is a great example of turning a bad situation into a wonderful songwriting situation. Necessity is definitely the mother of invention.
